How to get Form Data into my java class

[UCSDinside]

Hello, I am writing a script that is gong to send some form data in XML/SOAP envelope and am wondering how I can get my form data values into my class variables Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!!

[OrangeDog]

The SAX or DOM APIs in javax.xml, org.xml.sax and org.w3c.dom

[UCSDinside]

Hmmm, everything I find on it is related to javascript. Do these apply for a java application as well?

[UCSDinside]

Okay, I found this in the DocumentBuilderFactory API:

public abstract Object getAttribute(String name)
                             throws IllegalArgumentException{}

Would a new object have to be created for each value of the form in javascript? How does it know to point to my java class file?

[OrangeDog]

Sorry, I assumed you meant that you were sending the form data to a remote server, which you were writing in Java. I've never used JSP myself.

[UCSDinside]

That is exactly what I am trying to accomplish in java. I need to send form data to a remote server in a SOAP envelope. I have the soap envelope all setup but I need to figure out how to get the form values from the HTML into my java.

[OrangeDog]

You want some javascript that is called when you submit the form. You get the values in the form with stuff like Document.getElementByID("name").getValue(), which you then pass to whatever sends the SOAP message.

[UCSDinside]

Great, and how do the values get passed from those javascript calls to my java code that sends the SOAP message? Thank you so much for the help BTW!

[OrangeDog]

I'm afraid I don't know, never having used Java servlets.